on August 10, 2008 by Wolf in Coaching, Internet Scams, Open Source, Comments (11)
Is the FBI Helping Nigerian Scammers?
I got a very interesting email purported to be from the FBI, who say I have not sent my proper remittance to the Ministry of Finance (I didn’t know we had one of those). Here is the message. Please note that the FBI is using hotmail. Perhaps this is a cost-cutting measure, or perhaps a security initiative, Microsoft having such a fine reputation for security…
By the way, I do get bombarded with emails from Professor Charles Soludo (mentioned in the message) who has been trying to get me to send $400. This is very interesting. The fake FBI is trying to save me from the fake professor. The FBI banner breaks across the lines because it appears to be in 2 pieces.
First an example of Charles Soludo. Please note he doesn’t spell his own name the same twice.
Diplomatic Courier Service
From the Desk Of:.
Prof Charles Soludo
Executive Governor (CBN)
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/06
[OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR]
We have this 23th day of July 2008 received a payment credit instruction from the federal Government of Nigeria to credit your account with your full contract funds from the Nigerian reserve account with our bank.
This is to notify you that you funds has been programmed for immediate release into your nominated account but we can not transfer this funds direct to your nominated bank account, because we are having a little problem with International Monetary Fund (IMF) so our method of payment is by Diplomatic Courier Service
Be inform that every arrangement regarding your cash payment through diplomatic services has been made; note that your funds have been package like a consignment.
Be informing that the Diplomatic Agency has to move down to your Country in order to deliver the Consignment to your doorstep.
Note that as soon as the Diplomatic arrive to your Country they will give you a call immediately to enable you help them to get (Yellow Tag Paper).
You have to help the diplomats to get (yellow Tag Paper) so that the customs and immigration will not stop them in Airport, for security reason you are advice to follow the rules and regulation of the diplomats for easy collection of the consignment, you have to welcome the diplomatic agent, to enable them deliver the Consignment to you immediately, be inform that as soon as the diplomatic obtain the above name certificate they will deliver the Consignment to your door step.
To remind you that the diplomats has a transit to Poland and finally to arrive at your Country as the last destination on their diplomatic travel route this week,
I want you to send your direct mobile phone and your home address to me immediately, so that as soon as the diplomatic arrive in State they will call you immediately to notify you.
YOURS SINCERELY,
Your Full Name: ______________________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not
P.O.BOX) : ______________________________
Name of City of Residence:_______________________________
Country:____________________________________
Direct Telephone Number:
____________________________________
Mobile
Number:____________________________________
Number:___________________________________
Occupation:&AGE________________________________
PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
NOTE: RESPONSE SHOULD BE MADE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR
====================
The message trails off there, as though the professor got distracted from writing.
Later I received this message from the FBI:
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Urgent Information From
Federal Bureau Of Investigation (NSA)
Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J. Edgar. Hoover Building, Washington D.C
Telephone Number: (202 ) 324-3001
Attention Beneficiary:
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal transaction with Impostors claiming to be Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, none officials of Oceanic Bank, none officials of Zenith Bank and some impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation agents. During our Investigation, it came to our notice that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment.
So therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by coordinating your payment in the total amount of $800,000.00 USD which will be deposited into an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw funds anywhere of the world. You now have the lawful right to claim your funds which have been deposited into the ATM CARD.
Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been involved in this transaction, you are now to be rest assured that this transaction is legitimate and completely risk-free as it is our duty to Protect and Serve citizens of the United States Of America. All you have to do is immediately contact the ATM CARD CENTER via E-mail for instructions on how to procure your Approval Slip which contains details on how to receive and activate your ATM CARD for immediate use to withdraw funds being paid to you. We have confirmed that the amount required to procure the Approval Slip will cost you a total of $300 USD which will be paid directly to the ATM CARD CENTER agent via Western Union Money Transfer / MoneyGram Money Transfer. Below, you shall find contact details of the Agent whom will process your transaction:
CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: DERRICK DAVENPORT
EMAIL: atmcard_fmf@hotmail.com
Immediately contact Derrick Davenport of the ATM Card Centre with the following information:
Full Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Direct Phone Number:
Current Occupation:
Annual Income:
Once you have sent the required information to Mr. Derrick Davenport he will contact you with instructions on how to make the payment of $300 USD for the Approval Slip after which he will proceed towards delivery of the ATM CARD without any further delay. You have hereby been authorized/guaranteed by the Federal Bureau Of Investigation to commence towards completing this transaction, as there shall be NO delay once payment for the Approval Slip has been made to the authorized agent.
Once you have completed payment of $300 to the agent in charge of this transaction, immediately contact me back so as to ensure your ATM CARD gets to you rapidly.
FBI Director
Robert Mueller.
NOTE: To ensure you have been AUTHORIZED to pay the required fee’s stated above, kindly find below an Authorized Signature and also our Federal Bureau Of Investigation NSB ( National Security Branch ) Seal to accurately guarantee your safety towards completing this transaction.
Authorized Signature
Wolf
August 10, 2008 @ 2:32 am
I told the professor to just cut the check for $799,800, but apparently that wouldn’t work for some reason.
tom
May 23, 2009 @ 9:41 pm
Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.
Year One Online
June 20, 2009 @ 3:51 pm
The topic is quite trendy in the net right now. What do you pay the most attention to while choosing what to write ?
p.s. Year One is already on the Internet and you can watch it for free.
Top GBG Distributor
June 25, 2009 @ 12:34 pm
Unreal – these scammers make me sick. Get a real career and add value for God’s sake!
S NAGABHUSHAN
February 16, 2010 @ 2:25 pm
How does the FBI give Spam e-mail and send threatining messages to the e-mail addresses taken from spam e-mails,and harrassing the concerned e-mail holder via internet? Is it justifiable ontheir part to either harrass or torture innocent e-mail holders.
Wolf
February 17, 2010 @ 9:12 am
@ S Nagabhushan
It is literally unreal. The real FBI is busy solving crimes (one hopes) and would never have anything to do with harassing spam recipients. This is a system of borrowed authority.
debbiegates
June 10, 2010 @ 2:01 pm
From: John Koffi
Subject:
To: angelina_aryee@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 12:38 AM
sorry its knotmine money to take cant take whats knot mine
I am Mr john koffi. Taxi Driver here in Accra Ghana, two days ago I carried two young boys with one Box in their hand and they told me to take them to a nearest hotel closer to where I carried them and I told them is going to cost them $120 Dollars and they enter the car as I was driving closer to a checking point where police is normally standing for checking point, the Boys ask me to stop and immediately two of them ran out of the car because of the police which they saw at the checking point and the police quickly understand why the boys was running they follow them up and a news came that the boys are shut by the police because they have been looking for them for the past one month and I believe that is the reason why they ran away from the car.
And when I got home that very day I saw your email and your name that was attach to the two boxes, that is why am writing you to inform you about the two young boys so that you can contact me on how I can send the boxes to you because the two young boys have been shut dead and I have already inform my Pastor about what happen and he told me to contact you on email so that you can act fast to enable me send you your boxes because I open the box it was money that i saw inside the box so my pastor ask me to send it back to the right owner thanks,
You have to act fast because the police are investigating about what they are carrying so please be fast the box is with me OK
You can contact me on my number +233546335907 hope to hear from you ,
Sincere
Regards
I GOT THIS FROM A SCAMMER I HAVE MORE FROM SCAMMERS IF NEED IT
debbiegates
June 10, 2010 @ 2:10 pm
Hello Angel,
How are you today,hope you are very fine in the name of the Lord God,i still want to know if you have sent the money? please get back to me now if you are online so we can chart before i get to bed.
Pastor John Abraham.
— On Fri, 6/4/10, Debbie Gates wrote:
From: Debbie Gates
Subject: Re: GOD BLESS YOU,FROM PASTOR JOHN ABRAHAM
To: “Pastor john Abraham”
Date: Friday, June 4, 2010, 5:28 PM
hi am online you live come back sorry miss you this time love debbie
From: Pastor john Abraham
To: Debbie Gates
Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 2:10:26 PM
Subject: Re: GOD BLESS YOU,FROM PASTOR JOHN ABRAHAM
Dearest Angel,
debbiegates
June 10, 2010 @ 2:15 pm
From: ROBERT S. MUELLER III
Sent: Mon, June 7, 2010 7:44:01 AM
Subject: Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet fraud Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC
Attention,
Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have also noticed that over the past you have been transacting with some imposters and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Anderson, Wallace Fred, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Smith Williams, Daniel Wilson, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Philip Morgan, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some imposters claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these imposters. As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us.
We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling Two million and three hundred thousand us dollars will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a maximum withdrawal limit of Three thousand us dollars a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world were you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). We have advised that this should be the only way a which you are to receive your payment because it?? more guaranteed, since over Fifteen billion us dollars was lost on fake cheque last year 2009.
We guarantee 100% receipt of your payment, because we have perfected everything in regards to the release of your Two million and three hundred thousand us dollars to be 100% risk free and free from any hitches as its our duty to protect citizens of the United States of America. (This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared for the betterment of the current economic status of the nation and its citizens as he has always believed Our Time for Change has come because Change can happen).
Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from FedEx website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.
Name : Donny Peterson: FedEx Tracking Number: 870456747216
Name : Angela L.Johnson: FedEx Tracking Number: 870456750392
To redeem your fund you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you 360us dollars only nothing more and no hidden fees as everything else has been taken cared of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is 360us dollars only.
Contact Information
Name: Edwin Clark
Email: edwinclark1111@yahoo.cn
Do contact Edwin Clark of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:
Your full Name:
Your Address:
Home/Cell Phone:
Occupation:
Age:
On contacting him with your details your files would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of 360us dollars via Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order. After which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra fee or any authority raising eyebrow.
Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is sent within 24 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive your ATM CARD Shippment Confirmation within the next 24hrs after you have made the payment for shipping.
Once again we are so sure of you receiving your payment at no any other cost as we have taking it upon our duty to monitor everything in other to cub cyber crime that is perpetrated by those impostors.
Thanks and hope to read from you soon.
ROBERT S. MUELLER,
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE: 206-666-5283
FAX: 206-666-5283
Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Edwin Clark of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office via the above fax number so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime.
debbiegates
June 10, 2010 @ 2:22 pm
From:
Ryan Rick
View Contact
To: sexydg57@yahoo.com
Fill your Application form for the part job:
Full names:————————————
Address:—————————————
City:——————————————
State: —————————————-
Zip code: ————————————-
Cell Phone # ———————————-
Home Phone # ———————————-
Time to contact you—————————-
Present job: ———————————-
Country: ————————————–
Email address :——————————–
Is this your first online job: —————-
Ryan is Registered
ID: 528979
VAT Reg No. 818 2851 16 HES SENTS FAKE MONMEY OLDERS
(Reg No: 2010/012678/02)
Wolf
June 12, 2010 @ 7:11 pm
@Debbie
I believe these are the same group. Yhey heep sending out this crazy stuff, and probably a few people believe it is real.
-Wolf
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